Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms and Social Cognitive Processing in Partners of Long-Term Breast Cancer Survivors.
Andrea A Cohee, Rebecca N Adams, Betsy L Fife and 5 others
PMID 27991603WHAT IT FOUND
Partners of younger breast cancer survivors reported more depressive symptoms, intrusive thoughts, and feeling shut out.
Feeling shut out was linked to more intrusive thoughts and more depressive symptoms.
Key findings
01Partners of younger breast cancer survivors reported more depressive symptoms, intrusive thoughts, and social constraints than partners of older survivors.
02More social constraints were linked to more intrusive thoughts, and intrusive thoughts were linked to more depressive symptoms.
03Cognitive avoidance did not explain the link between social constraints and depressive symptoms.
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What it does not show
The study was cross-sectional and non-experimental, so it cannot show cause and effect. Partners' gender was not collected, so it is unclear whether men and women responded differently. The sample was mainly Caucasian and not representative of the wider population. Important factors such as marital quality, job worries, and fear for the survivor were not included. Partners were enrolled only if their survivor had agreed to participate, which may have excluded some households.
Declared interests
The authors reported no conflicts of interest.
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Do not read these links as proof that cancer talk causes depression or that communication advice will reduce symptoms. The study was cross-sectional and non-experimental, and it did not test a nursing intervention.